It's official, the Epcot Wand is coming down!

bbowen13 · Post by **bbowen13** » Jul Thu 19, 2007 5:25 pm

spaulo wrote:
Tapestrydreamer2 wrote:It made an otherwise boring ball into Disney magic.
You mention in a different thread that you're about to turn 21. This would put you in the ballpark range of 12-13 years old when the wand went up.

Some of us have memories of a time when "Disney magic" didn't just mean sparkles and cartoons. When Imagineering was Disney magic at its finest, and SSE was a feat of Imagineering nonpareil. Hopefully, those days are returning.

Spaulo,
You nailed it, I could not have said it better myself.

Cheshire Cat · Post by **Cheshire Cat** » Jul Thu 19, 2007 5:27 pm

It made an otherwise boring ball into Disney magic.

It wasn't enough that the ball was a 180 foot geodesic sphere with a ride hidden within it?

packwingfn · Post by **packwingfn** » Jul Thu 19, 2007 10:26 pm

I love how Spaceship Earth looks so much bigger now that the wand is halfway removed.

Post by **rdeacon** » Jul Fri 20, 2007 7:55 am

UPDATE:

wdwmagic.com continues to update the wand removal process.

http://wdwmagic.com/spaceshipearth_project_tomorrow.htm

This link is updated every day, or every couple of days so you can follow the progress of the de-wanding... um yeah

Rich

Esmeralda · Post by **Esmeralda** » Jul Fri 20, 2007 10:20 am

It would have been quite amusing if they had just left up the EO for a couple of days.

Joe90 · Post by **Joe90** » Jul Sun 22, 2007 4:59 am

kkbowen12 wrote:While the trucks are there hauling the wand away, send them over to Disney Studios to take the Hat with them on the way out.

I will also be pleased to see the wand gone. I like the Hat.....just not where it is. I wouldn't miss it if it disapeared.

DisBeamer · Post by **DisBeamer** » Jul Sun 22, 2007 6:10 pm

Right now it kind of looks like "Welcome to Epcot - Where Sorcerer Mickey will poke you in the eye with this stick."

Can't wait to see the sphere in its original splendor again.

csquare77 · Post by **csquare77** » Jul Mon 23, 2007 9:22 am

My brother just came back from Disney World, and in some of his photos you can see that the stars and some of the wand are gone.

Post by **subsonic** » Jul Mon 23, 2007 10:20 am

I really hope someone takes the time to put this into a time lapste video on YouTube.

Croaker · Post by **Croaker** » Jul Mon 23, 2007 10:23 am

by this time next year you'll hear people saying they miss the wand. laugh.

lets start the rumor that the next project is to paint it(or use lights) orange for March Madness 2008!

Jacca5660 · Post by **Jacca5660** » Jul Mon 23, 2007 11:21 am

I bet it time to put my row of wand sparkles on EBAY!!

G2-4T · Post by **G2-4T** » Jul Mon 23, 2007 6:51 pm

DisBeamer wrote:"Welcome to Epcot - Where Sorcerer Mickey will poke you in the eye with this stick."

Hah - good one! Have to wonder how long it will take to make that part fade away. And a time lapse video of the return to the true SSE would be pretty neat to watch...

Post by **horizons1** » Jul Mon 23, 2007 7:39 pm

Wouldn't it be scary if they weren't taking the wand down, just the word Epcot and star?! Maybe replace it with "Dreams".

HSolo29 · Post by **HSolo29** » Jul Mon 23, 2007 9:00 pm

It appears I'm a little late in seeing this...

I have to say, it's great to see the wand finally coming down. It was a nice thing for the Millennium celebration, but it has definitely worn out its welcome. I'm looking forward to seeing Spaceship Earth returned to its former glory!

dinosaur33 · Post by **dinosaur33** » Jul Wed 25, 2007 12:53 pm

The wand was ok for a while, just like the castle cake and the gold castle, but it should have been taken down a long time ago.